Adult age differences in the rate of learning serial patterns: evidence from direct and indirect tests.
Adult age differences in the rate of learning serial patterns: evidence from direct and indirect tests.
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学习序列模式速率的成人年龄差异:来自直接和间接测试的证据。
DOI:
10.1037//0882-7974.7.2.232
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发表时间:
1992
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
HowardJr,JH
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作者:
Howard,DV;HowardJr,JH
Ss performed a serial reaction time (RT) task (adopted from MJ Nissen and P. Bullemer, 1987) that contained a repeating pattern of spatial locations. In Exp 1, following 20 repetitions of a 10-or 16-element pattern, RT was equally disrupted for both younger and older people when the sequence became random. In Exp 2, the response times for Ss encountering the 10-element pattern were compared with those of Ss encountering a random sequence. These response time functions diverged at the same point in training for the 2 age groups. Thus, on this indirect measure of response time facilitation, both experiments revealed age similarity in the rate of pattern learning. In contrast, on a subsequent direct test of pattern learning that required prediction, the younger people earned a higher percentage correct score than the older in both experiments. Age-related dissociations between direct and indirect measures of learning and comparisons with memory-impaired populations are discussed.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)